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BLINDSPOTTING

July 21, 2018 By Leave a Comment

BLINDSPOTTING

BLINDSPOTTING is a contemporary fable told in dynamic syncopation and unexpected compassion as it uncovers the farce and tragedy of an Oakland in transition.

Tagged With: class, gentrification, Oakland, police, probation, race

BLINDSPOTTING — Daveed Diggs & Rafael Casal

July 17, 2018 By Leave a Comment

BLINDSPOTTING — Daveed Diggs & Rafael Casal

Click here to listen to the interview.  Click  for the full review of BLINDSPOTTING. When I spoke to BLINDSPOTTING’s co-stars/co-writers Daveed Diggs and Rafael Casal on July 12, 2018, I decided to start the conversation with one of the things that struck me most about their film, which was the enormous compassion it shows for… Read More »

Tagged With: art and politics, class, Dolby Atmos, gentrification, Oakland, race, racism, snap judgments

THE BLACK PANTHERS: VANGUARD OF THE REVOLUTION — Stanley Nelson

October 3, 2015 By Leave a Comment

THE BLACK PANTHERS: VANGUARD OF THE REVOLUTION — Stanley Nelson

When Stanley Nelson started working on THE BLACK PANTHERS: VANGUARD OF THE REVOLUTION, it was seven years ago and he thought the history of that movement was particularly relevant to those times. In 2015, he thinks it’s even more relevant. When I spoke to him on October 1, 2015, the echoes of the Panther movement in… Read More »

Tagged With: 10 point program, 1960s, 1970s, American history, Black Lives Matter, Black Panthers, Bobby Seale, Civil Rights Movement, COINTELPRO, dignity, Erica Huggins, FBI, Huey Newton, J. Edgar Hoover, Los Angeles, MacArthur Genius, Martin Luther King, New York, Oakland, open-carry, police brutality, Ralph Abernathy, revolution, San Francisco, Second Amendment, self-defense, Stanley Nelson

Anthony Lucero Serves Up EAST SIDE SUSHI

September 19, 2015 By 1 Comment

Anthony Lucero Serves Up EAST SIDE SUSHI

The fact that Anthony Lucero was making the behind-the-scenes documentary for the next Star Wars film was incidental to why I wanted to talk to him about his feature film directorial debut, EAST SIDE SUSHI. But, since I had him there in front of my microphone, I had to try to get some information out… Read More »

Tagged With: avocado, CAAM, California roll, chef, feature film debut. Star Wars, Fruitvale, Japanese-American, knife skills, Latino, Mexican-American, multi-cultural, Oakland, SF Indie Fest, sushi chef, zombies

Peter Nicks in THE WAITING ROOM

September 1, 2014 By Leave a Comment

Peter Nicks in THE WAITING ROOM

Though the issue of health care is a hot-button political one these days, Peter Nicks had another reason for making THE WAITING ROOM, a film that is already getting awards recognition. The inspiration,though, was not politics, but rather a remarkable African musician. It was Nicks’ wife, a speech pathologist, who told him about the effect that… Read More »

Tagged With: cinema, compassion, documentary, emergency room waiting, film, gunshot wound, health care crisis, Highland Hospital, movie, Oakland, Peter Nicks

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